Sean O'Brien Issues Apology for NBA Live's Quality, Promises Improvements

[Moegames]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Let's face it, it's not often you see a gaming company not only apologize for a lackluster release but also vow to make tangible improvements to the product before the next version releases. NBA Live 14 Executive Producer Sean O'Brien is doing just that, commenting on the rough week the folks at EA have had with the largely hugely negative feedback on NBA Live 14 and vowing to improve the title. "We hear loud and clear that some of you are disappointed in various aspects of NBA LIVE 14, and I’m sorry if the game doesn’t live up to your expectations," O'Brien said. "Looking at your feedback, we have laid out a plan to make NBA LIVE 14 a better game as quickly as we can." The plan to improve NBA Live 14 will involve Twitch Live streams to teach the skills that will help make the experience with Live 14 a better one by teaching about the gameplay mechanics within the game as well as blogs on the EA website. Currently there are three new posts on the Live website: a controller guide, perfecting your style, and levels of dribble. O'Brien is also promising tangible improvements to the game. Graphics and animations will see "drastic and immediate" improvements in the coming weeks and months within the game. With such a negative reaction thus far to Live 14, it is definitely a good sign that EA is ramping up to improve the product post-launch with so much support. This bodes well for the series' future, but this also puts EA behind the 8-ball to truly improve the Live experience sooner rather than later.

[JerseySuave4]

They put out a product they knew was not good and are charging people full price. If they know it's not very good then don't charge $60 for the game. 2k did a reduced price back with 2k football to compete, and they had a better product. Instead of taking people's cash, lower the price.

[Feevision]

SHOULDNT BE A NEXT GEN TITTLE FOR 60 BUCKS ... THE GUY FROM EA THAT APOLOGIZE SUCKS..I DONT EXCEPT YOUR APOLOGY HE KNEW IT WAS GARBAGE BEFORE IT WAS RELEASE I DIDNT HEAR HIM SAYING NOTHING THEN ..THEY WAS HYPING IT UP ... THATS LIKE KNOWINGLY SELLING A PERSON A CAR THATS A LEMON THEN APOLIGIZING AFTER THEY BUY IT ,...LOL NO REFUND...U GUYS REALLY ARE GULIBLE IF U THINK HIS APOLOGY IS SINCERE

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Feevision

SHOULDNT BE A NEXT GEN TITTLE FOR 60 BUCKS ... THE GUY FROM EA THAT APOLOGIZE SUCKS..I DONT EXCEPT YOUR APOLOGY HE KNEW IT WAS GARBAGE BEFORE IT WAS RELEASE I DIDNT HEAR HIM SAYING NOTHING THEN ..THEY WAS HYPING IT UP ... THATS LIKE KNOWINGLY SELLING A PERSON A CAR THATS A LEMON THEN APOLIGIZING AFTER THEY BUY IT ,...LOL NO REFUND...U GUYS REALLY ARE GULIBLE IF U THINK HIS APOLOGY IS SINCERE

[yungflo]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTF

Looking forward to how this plays out. NBA 2k14's Day 1 patch was 2GB's to download, if I remember correctly. Wondering what type of "patch" they can issue to make an unplayable game, playable.

I think the patch for 2k14 was mainly for online capabilities..Which were still not fixed entirely. A patch isn't saving this game..neither is a tutorial on twitch. This isn't really an apology, they are standing behind this thing firm.

This is "I''m sorry you guys don't know how to play live(cause we didn't implement a tutorial system after being absent four years.) The game isn't terrible, you guys just don't know how to play it. So we'll teach you. Not on youtube. No a FREE DLC tutorial? Patched game mode? Nah. How? Twitch.So that only a fraction of our consumers will see...(seeing how we may or may not intend to capture recordings and leave them on our channel.) Gameplay rocks and in order to make it rock, we had to sacrifice on Graphics. But DAT GAMEPLAY THO! You'll see.

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[iseedeadpeople]

Quote: Originally Posted by Feevision

SHOULDNT BE A NEXT GEN TITTLE FOR 60 BUCKS ... THE GUY FROM EA THAT APOLOGIZE SUCKS..I DONT EXCEPT YOUR APOLOGY HE KNEW IT WAS GARBAGE BEFORE IT WAS RELEASE I DIDNT HEAR HIM SAYING NOTHING THEN ..THEY WAS HYPING IT UP ... THATS LIKE KNOWINGLY SELLING A PERSON A CAR THATS A LEMON THEN APOLIGIZING AFTER THEY BUY IT ,...LOL NO REFUND...U GUYS REALLY ARE GULIBLE IF U THINK HIS APOLOGY IS SINCERE

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[Flightwhite24]

So they are gonna fix it right? Let me know how that turns out. Lol


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[Valdarez]

What I don't get is how they can take years off releasing a game, and then release a game of inferior quality. Just doesn't make sense, even though I believe there was a studio change in there.